Len Wilkinson
Leonard Litton Wilkinson
Born: 5 November 1916, Northwich, Cheshire
Died: 3 September 2002, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire
Major Teams: Lancashire, England.
Known As: Len Wilkinson
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Johannesburg, 1st Test, 1938/39
Last Test: England v South Africa at Johannesburg, 4th Test, 1938/39
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 3 2 1 3 2 3.00 0 0 0 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 573 9 271 7 38.71 2-12 0 0 81.8 2.83
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1937 - 1947)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 77 69 27 321 48 7.64 0 0 53 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 14456 7121 282 25.25 8-53 17 3 51.2 2.95
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Len Wilkinson's 1938 season led Jim Swanton to say of him "for one brief
year Wilkinson looked like a leg-spinner out of the top drawer". That year
he took 151 wickets at an average of 23.38, and looked like the best
leg-spinner in England - he was just 21. He toured South Africa the
following winter, and topped the first-class averages, as well as playing in
three Tests with some success.
Wilkinson was never to recapture the form that led him to these heights.
Although he did record his best bowling figures of 8/53 against Hampshire in
1939, he was unable to re-gain a place in the Test team. He returned to the
Lancashire side after the long break for the War, but failed to keep his
place and retired in 1947. He was a poor bat, his total of first-class runs
(321) only just outpacing his wickets (282). (David Liverman, Copyright
CricInfo 2001)
Last Updated: Tuesday, 05-Nov-2002 17:35:42 GMT
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